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' CATSKILL ASSOCIATION, 

FORMED FOR THE PURPOSE 
OP 

THE 

TOWN OF CATSKILL, 

IN THE COUNTY OF GREENE, 
State of Web)*Ycrfe. 

AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 
DECEMBER 2^vi^s^6. *%.. 

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NEW-YORK J>' Of Wash\^^° 

Mitchell & Turner, Printers, 265 Bowery. 
1837.J 



0£Sccr« of ^ssoctatfott. 

GEORGE S. DOUGHTY, President. 
EVAN GRIFFITH, Treasurer. 
L. B. WOODRUFF, Counsellor. 
THOMAS DUGUID, Secretary, 



Wixtttoxs, 
GEO. S. DOUGHTY, 
RUFUS DAVENPORT, 
H. F. TALLMADGE, 
PETER R. WiTCKOFF, 
JAMES L.CURTIS, 
SILAS M. STILWELL, 
EVAN GRIFFITH, 
L. B. WOODRUFF, Esqrs. 



Capital Stock, in Lots estimated at . , * . , ^746 OOO 
Stock appropriated for the improvement of the i 

Land of the Association, ) ' 

Number of Shares, ...,,. .8730 

Par value of each Share, 200 



The Title has been vested in the following Gentlemen, ar» 

J. R. PETERS, 

HENRY OGDEN, 

THEOPHILUS S. MORGAN, Esqrs. 

who will execute the necessary Conveyances to purchasers. — 
The terms of sale will be liberal, and a large proportion of 
the purchase money may remain on Bond and Mortgage, if 
required. 



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SCHOHARIE AND CATSKILL 
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DESCRIPTION AND NATURAL ADVANTAGES 
OP THE 

TOWN OF CATSKILL. 



Catskill is the County town of Greene County, in the 
State of New-York, and is situated at the mouth of the 
Catskill Creek, where the said Creek joins the Hudson River. 
The River from New-York to this point is navigable for 
vessels of the largest burthen, and is usually open from three 
to four weeks in the Spring and Fall, when it is closed 
between that place and Albany. And the Creek up to, and 
opposite the town, affords a harbour both safe and conve- 
nient for all commercial purposes. 

This town was one of great promise before the construc- 
tion of the Erie Canal, and commanded a large and extended 
trade with eight or ten Counties in this State, and with a 
part of Pennsylvania. 

Since that time it has been stationary, and its citizens 
have been compelled to depend upon a limited business. 
The prospect has now changed, and this town is likely 
to start forward on a new career, with every prospect of 
outstripping all competition. 

A Company has been chartered for the purpose of con- 
structing a Rail road from Canajoharie, where it will unitl 
with the Erie Canal, and the Ufica and Schenectady Rail 
road, and tl)ence across to the town of Catskill. 

This work is now under contract through the whole line, 
and has been progressed in to such an extent, as to warrant 
the belief that it will be completed durmg this year. Indeed 



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the contracts, under a penalty, require its completion prior 
to the 31st of December, 1837. No one at all conversant 
with the travel and trade to and from the West with 
the city of JN"ew-York, and who will refer to the facts for 
information, will doubt for a moment, that the business ter- 
minating at this place from the West, must, in a short time, 
be immense ; as this route will be by far the cheapest, most 
certain, and expeditious of any other. From this point, also,. 
Rail roads are contemplated, and will be made, intersecting 
the Erie Rail rOad ; and branches off to many of the towns 
of the interior, as soon as this main channel is completed. 
In addition to these immense sources of trade to this town, 
we may now calculate with certainty on the construction of 
a Canal, on a large scale, from the Erie Canal, by the way 
of the Schoharie and Catskill Creeks, to the Hudson River 
at this town. The route of the proposed Canal is pointed 
out by nature, and should have been originally selected for 
the termination of the Erie Canal, The great and increa- 
sing obstructions to navigation in the Hudson, at the 
"Overslaugh," has rendered it imperiously necessary to 
select some other route for the trade of the West ; and, from 
the information already before the public, no route can be 
found that will remedy the great difficulties to navigation, or 
that can be made efTectualy but this. 

With these immense avenues for trade, it must be appa- 
rent, that the town of Catskill is destined to increase in 
wealth and population with great rapidity. 

The town now contains near 3000 inhabitants, with some 
forty stores and shops. There are also owned and employed 
twenty sloops and other craft in transacting business on 
the River. 

In the immediate vicinity there is an abundance of water 
power, that can, with very Uttle expense, be applied to any 



kind of machinery, dry docks, or other purposes which may 
be of importance to a manufacturing and commercial town. 
A Une of tow-boats are now building to ply between Catskill 
and New- York, and an association of persons have it in 
contemplation to run a line of steamboats between the same 
points ; should this be carried into effect, a steamboat would 
be able to go to Catskill and back to New- York, the same 
day. This will bring the two towns so close together, that 
we can entertain no doubt hundreds of the independent 
citizens of New- York city, will select this growing, pleasant, 
and healthy town for a permanent residence. 

Many of the New- York merchants in the Commission 
business, must establish houses at this point, and manufac- 
turers and others will find, that by the aid of the Rail- road, 
business can be transacted from this point, during all the 
year, with the West. 

Already, application is made for a Dry Dock Company to 
be established here, and petitions from every section of the 
State are sent to the Legislature, for an Act authorising the 
construction of the contemplated Steamboat Canal through 
to Canajoharie., The above are a few of the reasons that 
must convince a close observer of the great importance of 
t.his long neglected place.. 






Deed of Conveyance in Trust, 



5Et)lS KntrentUC^, made the twenty-eighth day of Decem- 
ber, in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, 
between George S. Doughty and Catherine, his wife, of the 
City, County, and State of New- York, and Silas M. Stilwell 
of the same place, parties of the first part, and John R. 
Peters, Henry Ogden, and Theophilus S. Morgan , parties 
of the second part. 

?l®j^etfas the said Geoyge S. Doughty is seized in fee in 
his own right of, in, and to all those certain tracts, pieces, 
and parcels of Land, situate, and being in the town of 
Catskill, County of Greene, in the State of New-Ycrk, 
described as follows, to wit :— 

^U that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, situated on the 
West side of the Catskill Creek, in the village and town of 
Catskill, bounded and described as follows : — Beginning at 
a poplar stump, standing on the hill in the premises hereby 
intended to be conveyed, and running from thence, North, 
six degrees, fifteen minutes West, three chains, fifteen 
links, to a poplar tree ; thence, North, sixty-six degrees, fif- 
teen minutes East, five chains, sixty-seven links ; thence, 
on the rear of the Lot of Benjamin Haxtun, South, nine 
degrees, fifteen minutes East, eighty-six links j thence,, 
down and along the line of the aforesaid Lot of Benjamin 
Haxtun, three chains and twenty-eight links, to the Catskill 
Creek ; thence, along said Creek, including all right to lands 
under water, eleven chains, twenty links, to the extreme 
Southerly part of the premises hereby intended to be 
conveyed, Ijing on the Creek ; thence, along the said lower 



line, South, eighty-four degrees, fifty minutes West, two 
chains, forty links ; thence, South, one degree, fifty minutes 
East, three chains, forty-seven links ; thence. South, eighty- 
five degrees, thirty minutes West, four chains, twenty 
links; thence, North, fourteen degrees, fifty-five minutes; 
West, six chains, twenty-eight links ; thence. North, twelve 
degrees, fifty minutes West, four chains, eighty-eight 
links, to the place of beginning: containing, Ten Acres and 
fifty-seven hundred parts of an Acre of Land, be the same 
more or less. The property hereby intended to be conveyed, 
being the property generally known as the property of Jona- 
than Rowe, lying below the Catskill bridge ; all the same 
being hereby conveyed, except that part lying on the Old 
Kingston Road, running up to poplar trees, in the above 
description. Two Lots belonging to Lewis Beaton, are not 
intended to be conveyed, to wit: One Lot of one hundred 
feet, lying Westerly of the road along the Creek, and adjoin- 
ing the Water Lot purchased by John Van Cleek, of Benja- 
min Haxtun ; as also another Lot of said Beaton, lying 
Southerly of said road, being thirty-six feet on the road ; 
said Doughty to have the right to take any stone he may 
choose out of that part of the premises reserved, lying adjacent 
to the Old Kingston Road aforesaid ; the line, as run on the 
top of the hill by Van Vechten, May 3, 1836, to be the true 
line, and the reservation herein made to extend thereto. 

^Iso all the following Lots of Land, to wit :— All that 
certain piece or parcel of Land lying and being on the West 
side of the Catskill Creek : beginning on the West side of 
the Catskill Creek, at a stone, six links South of a hemlock 
stump, and running from thence, South, twenty-eight de- 
grees, forty minutes West, eighteen chains, eighty links, to 
a road commonly called the Dubois Road ; thence, North, 
Bixty-seven degrees, thirty minutes West, three chains, 



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nineteen links, to a white Oak, standing on the North side 
of said road ; thence, South, twenty-eight degrees, forty 
minutes West, seven chains, fifty links, on the line of 
John Dubois' Land ; thence. North, seventy-seven degiees 
West, twenty three chains, thirty-nine linksi to a heap [of 
stones, standing on the West side of the Overbagh road ; 
thence, North, one degree, fifteen minutes West, five 
chains, along the West line of said road ; thence. North, two 
degrees East, eight chains, thirty-five linksj along the West 
side of said road ; thence. North, twenty-one degrees, thirty 
minutes East, six chains, seventy-eight links, about twelve 
links East, from the corner of the fence ; thence. North, 
fifty-four degrees, thirty minutes Easts ninety-seven chains, 
crossing the road ; thence, North, forty-nine degrees, thirty 
minutes East, four chains, seventy-four links, along the 
East side of said road ; thence. North, forty-one degrees, ten 
minutes East^ six chains, ninety-three links,, along said 
road, East side ; thence. North, thirty-two degrees, twenty 
minutes East, three chains, forty.seven links, along said 
road ; thence, North, twenty-three degrees, forty-five mi- 
nutes ; East two chains, eighty-three links ; thence. North, 
forty-nine degrees East, ninety-eight links, to the corner of 
the fence ; thence, South, twenty-six degrees, forty minutes; 
East, four chains, twenty-two links, near the corner of the 
fence ; thence. North, eighty- three degrees, twenty minutes, 
three chains, forty-eight links, to a locust tree, standing near 
the fence ; thence. North, fifty- four degrees, twenty minutes 
East, four chains, ten links, to a poplar tree, standing in the 
fence ; thence, South, thirteen 'degrees, ten minutes East, 
four chains, eighty-eight links , to the corner of the fence ; 
thence. South, fifteen degrees fifteen minutes East, six chains, 
thence, twenty-two links, to a small wild cherry sapling ; 
North, eighty-five degrees, thirty minutes East, six chains. 



fifteen links, to a stake standing on a course South, fifty-four 
degrees East, seventeen links from the South-east corner of 
a house, occupied by Frederick Seymour; thence, South, 
eleven degrees, fifteen minutes East, two chains, nineteen 
links, to a bar post ; thence, South, forty-one degrees, fifteen 
minutes East, three chains, eighty-five Hnks, to the North- 
east corner of Gleason's fence ; thence, South, fifty-nine 
degrees East, three chains, ten linksi to the place of begin- ' 
ning. On this course, at two chains, sixty-six links, to a 
maple tree (excepting and reserving all that certain dwellinir- 
house lot of land, on the West side of the Catskill Creek, 
being sixty-five feet in front, and one hundred and fifty feet 
in the rear ; being the same premises contracted for by Caleb 
Benton, in his life time, on the 24th day of September, 1823, 
to Jonas W. Gleason, and now in his possession.) The 
whole of the first above described premises, contain Ninety- 
two acres, and one quarter of an acre of land, more or less. 

^Iso all that certain piece, or parcel of land, situated in 
the village of Catskill, on the West side of tke Catskill 
Creek, beginning at the North-east corner of a Lot of Land, 
deeded by James Bogardus to Lewis Benton, and running 
thence, South, twenty eight degrees and forty minutes 
West, two chains and eighty-three links; thence, North, 
thirty-eight degrees West, two chains, twelve links; thence, 
North, fifty-two degrees East, one hundred and fifty feet, 
to the road leading to John Dubois' ; thence, southwardly 
along said road, to the place of beginning. The above reser- 
vation in the description of first parcel of Land, is hereby 
conveyed, and is contained in the second described premises; 
with all the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belong- 
ing, ^nti iD^Cteas on the purchase of th^ said several 
parcels of Land, by the said George S. Doughty, and upon the 
conveyance thereof to him, from the persons of whom the said 



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George, S. Doughty obtained his title thereto, he, the said 
George S. Doughty, in order to secure a portion of the con- 
sideration money of said parcels of land, executed to the 
grantors thereof, his bonds, conditioned for the payment of 
the sums, and bearing date at the times, and payable by 
instalments, as follows, to wit : — 

George S. Doughty's Bonds to Jonathan Rowe, Jun, and 

Overbagh, dated the 
days of One thousand 

eight hundred and thirty-six, conditioned for the payment of 
Seventeen thousand, eight hundred Dollars, by instalments, 
as follows : — Three thousand) eight hundred and fifty Dol- 
lars, on the first of May, A. D. Eighteen hundred and 
thirty-seven ; Three thousand, six hundred and fifty Dollars, 
on the first of May^ A. D, Eighteen hundred and thirty- 
eight ; Three thousand, six Jiundred and fifty Dollars, on 
the first of May, A. D. Eighteen hundred and thirty-nine ; 
Three thousand six hundred and fifty Dollars, on the first of 
May, A. D. Eighteen hundred and forty; One thousand 
Dollars, on the first of May, A. D. Eighteen hundred and 
forty-one ; One thousand Dollars, on the first of May, A. D. 
Eighteen hundred and forty-two ; and One thousand Dol- 
lars, on the first of May, A. D. Eighteen hundred and 
forty-three ; with interest annually, at seven per cent per 
annum. 

^nti to^^ereas the said George S. Doughty also executed 
and delivered his mortgages upon the said several parcels of 
land purchased by him, to secure the payment of said bonds 
with interest as therein named, as by the Deeds of Convey- 
ance to the said George S. Doughty, and the said Bonds and 
Mortgages by him, or the records of said Deeds and More- 
gages in the oflace of the Clerk of the County of Greene^ 
reference thereunto being had, will more fully appear* 



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• 8tnt)f to|)Ctea»the said Silas M. Stilwell is seized in fee, 
in his own right in part of, and the said George S. Doughty 
is seized in fee in his own right in part of, in, and to all the 
residue of those certain other pieces, parcels,and tracts of land, 
situated in said town of Catskill. described as follows, to wit : 
aSejJinntitfl at a point at High Water mark of the Catskill 
Creek, at the North-east corner of C. Hopkins' land on the 
West bank of said Creek, thence. Northerly and Westerly 
along the said bank of the Catskill Creek, to a Stake at the 
South-east corner of the land owned by Major Beach, for- 
merly owned by Dubois ; thence, South, eighty- 
one degrees West, twenty chains, ninety-two links, along 
the South side of last named land to the bank of the said 
Creek; thence, in a South-westerly course along Ihe bank 
of the said Creek, to a stake on the said bank ; 1 hence, 
South, twenty-seven degrees, twenty minutes West, five 
chains, seventy-one links, passing over an old stump on the 
top of the bank to a black Oak, marked ; thence. South, 
forty-three degrees, fifteen minutes East, six chains, forty- 
five links, to a white oak tree, marked ; thence. South, six- 
teen degrees, thirty minutes; West, four chains, twenty-two 
links, to a heap of stones, seventy links North-easterly from 
a marked hemlock tree ; thence, South, thirty-five degrees, 
twenty-five minutes West, twelve chains, forty-six links, 
passing through the centre of last named tree, to a stake in 
the ground, at the South-west corner of this land ; thence, 
South, sixty-six degrees, forty-five minutes East, thirty-four 
chains, ninety links, passing many marked trees, to an angle 
in the fence ; thence. North, fifty-nine degrees, thirty mi- 
nutes East, two chains, four links ; thence, South, thirty- 
one degrees, fifteen minutes East, three chains, ninety 
links; thence, North, sixty-three degrees East, three 
chains, eight links; thence. North, thirty-four degrees 
West, two chains, fifty-six links : thence, North, twenty-six 



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degrees, forty minutes West, one chain, fifty-seven links? ; 
thence, North, fifty-nine degrees, twenty minutes East, 
four chains ninety-four links ; thence. North, fifty-eiwht 
degrees, ten minutes East, four chains, eleven links 
thence. South, seventy-seven degrees, thirty minutes East, 
nine chains and one link thence, South, seven degrees 
twenty minutes East, three chains, fifty links thence, 
North, eighty-seven degrees East, eighty chains, sixty-four 
links ; thence, South, eighty-eight degrees ; East, two chains, 
ninety-three links, to the said Creek, and place of beginning, 
containing Two hundred and eight acres, two roods, and 
fourteen perches : with all the appurtenances and privileges 
thereunto belonging. And, whereas, on the purchase of the 
said several parcels of land, by the said Silas M. Stilwell, and 
the said George S. Doughty, respectively, and upon the con- 
veyance thereof to them respectively, by the several persons 
of whom the said Silas M. Stilwell, and George S. Doughty 
obtained their titles thereto, they, the said Silas M. Stilwell, 
and George S. Doughty, in order to secure a portion of the 
said consideration money of said parcels of land, executed 
to the grantors thereof respectively, their several bonds con- 
ditioned for the payment of various suras, and bearing date 
at the various times, and payable by instalments, as follows, 
to wit : 

George S. Doughty, to Benjamin P. Dubois, Bond bearing 
date ; the first day of September, A.D. Eighteen hundred and 
thirty-six, conditioned to pay Sixteen thousand Dollars, in 
five equal annual instalments, on the first day of May, with 
annual interest on the whole sum from time to time remain - 
jng due. Silas M. Stilwell, to James A. Bennett and his 
wife — Bond bearing date the first day of September, A. D- 
Eighteen hundred and thirty-six, for the sum of Eight thou- 
sand Dollars, payable in four equal annual instalments, 



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"Wn the first day of May, in each year, with annual interest. 
Silas M. Stilwell to Sarah Overbagh, Bond bearing date 
the first day of May, A. D. Eighteen hundred snd thirty-six, 
for the sum of Twenty-five hundred Dollars, payable in three 
«qual annual instalments, on the first day of May, in each 
year, with annual interest. And Silas M. Stilwell, to Caleb 
Hopkins, Bond bearing date the first day of May, A. D. 
Eighteen hundred and thirty-six, for the sum of Eighteen 
hundred and thirty- seven Dollars, with interest, as will 
more particularly appear by reference to the said Bonds and 
Mortgages collateral thereto. 

^nU tofjetcas the said Silas M. Stilwell, and George S. 
Doughty, also executed and delivered their several mortgages 
upon the said several parcels of land, so purchased by them 
respectively, to secure the payment of their said several bonds, 
with interest, as therein named, as by the Deeds of Convey- 
ance to the said Silas M. Stilwell, and the Deeds of Convey- 
ance to the said George S. Doughty, and the said Bond, 
and Mortgages by them respectively given, or the Record of 
said Deeds and Mortgages in the Office of the Clerk, in the 
County of Greene, reference thereto being had will more 
fully appear. 

^ntl lBJi)Cl*eas the said George S. Doughty, and Silas M. 
Stilwell, of the first part, and John R. Peters, Henry Ogden, 
and Theophilus S. Morgan, parties of the second part 
hereto, and others, have formed themselves into, an Associa- 
tion, called the Catskill Association, for the purpose of 
managing, improving, and disposing of the said premises, 
and the several parcels of Land above described. And 
whereas the nature and object of the said Association, and 
the respective interests of the parties thereto, will fully appear 
by reference to the Articles of Association, bearing even 
date herewith ; which Articles are to be deemed as part of 
and for all legal and practical purposes, considered and con- 
strued with this Indenture. 2 



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^tdJ toJj0C?as the said parties of the first part are desirous 
of so improving the said premises, and of being able to sell 
and dispose of the same, in such parts and proportions as 
may command adequate prices, according to the full value of 
the said premises, and every part thereof, and out of the nett 
avails thereof, to pay and satisfy ail the said Bonds and 
Mortgages, with the interest thereon, according to the con. 
ditions of the said several Bonds, and so as to promote in the 
best manner, the interest and advantage of the parties 
thereto ; and do also deem it important and desirable, that 
the beneficial interest of the said several parties in the pro- 
ceeds of the said lands and premises, when the same shall be 
sold, as hereinafter mentioned, be so settled and arranged, 
as, that the same may be represented and evidenced by 
Certificates of Stock ; and may be transferable from time to 
time by the assignment of such Certificates, and for that 
purpose have entered into the Articles of Association herein 
before mentioned and referred to. And whereas it is 
believed that the aforesaid objects of improving and dispo- 
sing of the said premises, for the payment of the said Bonds 
and Mortgages, and in the meantime promoting the fair and 
legal rights and interest of the parties hereto, and of the 
Members of the said Catskill Association will be facilitated 
by the conveyance of the said lands and premises) and every 
part thereof, from the said parties of the first part, to the 
above named John R.Peters, Henry Ogden, and Theophilus 
S. Morgan, the said parties of the second part, to these 
presents, En 2CtUSt, for the uses and purposes hereinafter 
mentioned. Now, therefore, this Indenture witnesseth that 
the said parties of the first part, in consideration of the pre- 
mises, and in order to carry into effect, and the better to 
accomplish the purposes and objects before mentioned, and 
in further consideration of One Dollar, lawful money of the 



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United States, to them in hand paid by the said parties of 
the second part hereto, the receipt of which is hereby 
acknowledged, have granted, bargained and sold, aliened, 
reraised, released, conveyed and confirmed, and by these 
presents do grant, bargain and sell, alienj remise, release, 
convey and confirm unto the said parties of the second part, 
as joint tenants, and not as tenants in common, and to the 
survivors and survivor of them, and to the heirs and assigns 
of such survivors, all and singular the lands and premises 
herein before mentioned and described, being the same lands 
conveyed as above mentioned, part to the said George S. 
Doughty, and the residue thereof to the said Silas M. Stil- 
well, together with all and singular the rights, members' 
privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging, or in any 
wise appertaining to ; and, also, all the estate, right, title, 
interest, dower, and right of dower, claim and demand, what- 
soever of them) the said parties of the first part, or either of 
them, of, in, and to the same — to have and to hold all and 
singular the said several pieces or parcels of land, with the 
appurtenances, unto the said parties of the second part, as 
joint tenants, and unto the survivors and survivor of them, 
their heirs and assigns, to their own proper use, benefit, and 
behoof, forever, upoiX STrust ; nevertheless, that they the said 
parties of the second part, or any two of the survivors or 
survivor of them, and any person or persons who may be 
introduced into the trust, by virtue of any clause or provi- 
sion hereinafter inserted and contained, or any ^wo of them> 
shall and do, at such time and times, and in such manner, 
either at public or private sale, in such part or portion, and 
for such prices (not less, however, than the prices mentioned 
in the Schedule, or list of said lands, hereto annexed) as to 
the said parlies of the second part,or any two of them,or to the 
survivors or survivor of them, may deem most expedient, sell 



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and dispose of the said lands, and upon such sales shall die/ 
execute good and sufficient Deeds of Conveyance! in fee 
simple, to the purchaser or purchasers thereof; and out of 
the proceeds of such sales as shall be received by them, from 
time to time, shall and do pay the amount of the aforesaid 
Bonds and Mortgages given upon the said lands and 
premises, by the said George S. Doughty and Silas M. Stil- 
w^ell, or any one of them, until the whole of the said sums 
for which the said lands and premises, or parts thereof, are 
Mortgaged, with the interest thereon, as reserved by the 
conditions of the said several Bonds and Mortgages shall be 
fully satisfied, paid, and discharged, rendering the overplus 
of any monies, and transfering all securities that may 
remain after satisfying the purposes of the said trust, or not 
needed from time to time for the accomplishment of said 
trust, to the Directors for the time being of the said Catskill 
Association, ^nti it is hereby mutually agreed by and 
between the parties hereto, that it may be lawful for the par- 
ties of the second part, upon sales of any part of the said 
lands and premises, to be made by them as aforesaid, to 
receive as a security for a portion of the consideration money, 
not exceeding, however, ninety per cent thereof, the Bonds 
of the said purchaser or purchasers secured by his or their 
Mortgage, on the said premises, pieces or parcels of land 
purchased by them respectively, and payable at a period not 
exceeding six years from the date of such sale; it being, 
however, expressly understood and agreed, that such Bonds 
and Mortgages are to be held by the parties of the second 
part, the survivors or survivor of them, and to be collected 
by them as the same shall become due and payable ; and out 
of the proceeds of such sales, whether the same shall be made 
wholly for cash, or partly for credit, as above provided, the 
said parties of the second, part shall, from time to time,, and 



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as fast as the said proceeds shall be received, and the princi- 
pal and interest monies become due on the Bonds and Mort- 
gages now charged upon the said premises and parts thereof, 
as before mentioned, pay the said principal and interest mo- 
nies on the said Bonds and Mortgages, until the whole 
amount thereof, as reserved by the conditions of the said se- 
veral Bond and Mortgages shall be fully satisfied, paid and dis- 
charged ; rendering the overplus of any monies, and transfer- 
ring all securities that may remain after satisfying the purpose 
of the trust herein before expressed ; and the costs, charges, 
and expenses that may accrue in the execution thereof, to 
the Directors for the time being of the said Catskill Associ- 
ation. 

^ntl it is hereby declared and agreed by and between the 
parties to these presents, that all such parts of the said lands 
and premises above mentioned and descrihed, and hereby 
conveyed to the said parties of the second part, as shall 
remain unsold at the time of the termination of the Trust 
Estate, above granted and declared ; that is to say, when 
full payment of the principal and interest due on the Bonds 
and Mortgages now existing on the said premises, as above 
mentioned, shall have been made as above provided, shall 
enure and belong to the several per-sons who shall at the time 
of the termination of the Trust Estate, be shareholders in 
the said Catskill Association, in the shares and proportions 
evidenced and determined by the Certificates of the said 
Stock held by them respectively. And it is hereby declared 
and agreed, and these presents are made upon the express 
condition, that the estate, title, and interest of the said 
stockholders shall be, and shall continue to be, subject to the 
execution of the trust power following : that is to say. that 
the said parties of the first part, for themselves jointly and 

2* 



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severally, and for their respective heirs, executors, achninia^ 
trators and assigns^ do hereby give and grant to the saiJ 
parties of the second part, and to the survivors and survivor 
of them, full power and authority, and do hereby authorize 
them, the said parties of the second part, or any two of them, 
and the survivors and survivor of them, to sell and convey 
all and singular the said remaining lands, and every part 
thereof, at public or private sale, at such time or times, to 
such person or persons, for such prices, and on such terms 
of payment, as to them or any tv/o of them, and the survi- 
vors or survivor of them may seem best ; and upon such 
saks to execute to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, and 
under and by virtue of the trust power hereby created, good 
and sufficient conveyances in the law, in fee simple there- 
for ; and on such sales, to receive the purchase monies paid 
and agreed to be paid therefor, and to pay the same sum 
over when collected, and any security that may have been 
taken therefor, to the Directors of the said Association, for 
the time being ; for the use of the said shareholders, accord- 
ing to their interest in the said shares, and the capital of the 
said Association, according to the terms of the Articles of 
Agreement, aforesaid. 

^nlB it is hereby further expressly agreed and declared, 
that the trust and trust powers hereby created, shall continue 
and be in force, if not sooner executed, for the term of six 
years from the date hereof, provided the said John R. Peters, 
Henry Ogden, and Theophilus S. Morgan, of the second 
part, or the survivor of them, shall so long live. 

^n"d it is hereby expressly agreed and declared by and 
between the parlies hereto, that the receipt of the Directors 
for the time being of the said Association, for any sums of 



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monies that may be paid to them by the said Trustees, or 
either of them, whether under or by virtue of the said trust 
power, or in execution of any of the trusts by these presents 
created or declared, shall fully exonerate and discharge the 
said Trustee and Trustees, and each and every one of them, 
from all liability or duty to see to the application thereof. 

^ntr it is further agreed by and between all the parties 
hereto, that in case any one, or all the parties of the second 
part to these presents shall die, or be desirous of relinquishing 
the trust declared in this indenture, whether under the trust 
estate, or the trust power, before the final execution thereof, 
it shall and raay be lawful for the Shareholders for the time 
being of the said Catskill Association, to appoint a new 
Trustee or Trustees as may be necessary, in the manner 
provided in the Articles of Association. And from the time 
such new Trustee or Trustees shall be appointed by the said 
Shareholders, all the powers and duties herein before granted 
and declared, shall be vested in and devolve upon the re- 
maining Trustee, and such new Trustee or Trustees, as the 
case may be, in the same manner and with the like effect as 
if the said new Trustee or Trustees had been named in and 
by these presents; and the Trustee reUnquishing his trust 
as aforesaid, shall execute such Conveyance, or other instru- 
ment expressive of his relinquishment and transfer, as the 
said parties to these presents shall be advised, is expedient or 
proper in the premises. 

^ntl it is further agreed by and between the said parties 
to these presents, and the said parties of the first part, for 
themselves, their heirs, executors, and administrators, do 
hereby grant, covenant, and agree, to and with the said 
parties of the second parr, and the survivors and survivor of 



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them, and to and with the assignees of the said parties of the 
second part, and of any two of them, that each and every 
conveyance of any part or portion of the premises herein 
above described, duly made and executed by any two of the 
persons who may at the time of the execution of such con- 
veyance be trustees of the said premises, whether the same 
shall be original Trustees, or any other person or persons 
substituted in their placesj or the places of any of them, by 
virtue of the provisions herein before contained, and whether 
such conveyance be made before or after the termination of 
the trust estate herein before granted, shall be sufficient to 
vest in the grantee or grantees therein named, the whole 
legal and equitable title and estate of the lands intended to 
be conveyed, in the same manner and with the like effect a& 
of the three Trustees for the time being, and all the parties 
of the first part hereto, and their assigns, had executed such 
conveyance. 

^ntl it is further agreed by and between the, parties hereto, 
that it shall and may be lawful for the said parties of the 
second part, and for such persons as may from time to time 
be the Trustees under the Indenture, to retain out of the 
monies that may come into their hands, under and by virtue 
of the several trusts herein created, all cost charges and ex- 
pences of every kind to which they may be subject, or which 
they may incur, including for their own compensation in 
the premises ; and also that such Trustees, and each of 
them, shall only be responsible for wilful default, and that no 
one of them shall be responsible for any act or omisson of 
any other of the said Trustees, but each Trustee shall only 
be responsible for his personal default in the premises. 

In witness thereof the parties to these presents have here- 



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unto interchangeably set their respective hands and seals, 
the day and year first above written. 

George S. Douglity (^^') 

Catharine Doughty (LS.) 

Silas M. Stilwell (LS.) 

Henry Ogden (LS.) 

T. S. Morgan (LS.) 

John R Peters. (LS.) 

Sealed and delivered in the presence of 
ROBERT GILES, Jan. 



the ninth day of 



State ot JtetJ^^orfe, > ^ 

^ , } SS. Vn vn^ mum u 

City and County of ^ew- York, i y -.on^ i r 

^ '' '' ' January, 1837, before me 

personally appeared George S. Doughty and Henry Ogden ; 
on the tenth day of the same month appeared Catherine, 
the wife of the said George S. Doughty, and John R. Peters ; 
and on the twelfth day of the same month, before me per- 
sonally appeared Silas M. Still well and Theophilus S. Mor- 
gan, known to me to be the individuals described in and who 
executed the foregoing Indenture, and severally acknow- 
ledged that they executed the same ; and the said Catherine 
being by me privately examined apart from her husband, 
acknowledged that she executed the same freely and without 
any fear or compulsion of her said husband. 

ROBERT GILES, Jun. 

Commissioner of Deeds, City and County of 

New-York. 



ARTICLES 



OF THE 



Catskiil AssociatioB. 

— @©©— 

Articles of Association and Agreement made this 
Twenty -eighth day of December^ One Thou- 
sand Eight Hundred and Thirty-six^ hy and 
between the several persons whose names and 
seals are hereunto annexed, 

Wl&\)txmu George S. Douohty, of the City and County of 
New- York, is the owner in fee of all those tracts, pieces or 
parcels of land, situate in the town of Catskill, County of 
Greene, State of New- York, and bounded and described in 
a certain deed of trust to John R. Peters, Henry Ogden, and 
Theophilus S. Morgan of the City of New- York, and bear- 
ing even date with these articles— reference is hereby made 
to the said deed of trust, and the same is made a part and 
parcel of these articles. And the said George S. Doughty, 
in order to secure a portion of the consideration money of said 
premises to the several persons from whom he purchased the 
said several tracts of land, has heretofore executed his several 



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bonds conditioned for the payment of various sums, and bear- 
ing date at the several times, and payable by instalments as is 
now more particularly set forth and described in the aforesaid 
deed of trust, And has also executed and delivered collateral 
with the said several bonds, his several mortgages upon the 
said several parcels of lands so purchased by him to secure 
the payment of the said bonds with interest, as therein ex- 
pressed, as by the deeds of conveyance to the said George S^ 
Doughty, and the said bonds and mortgages, or to the record 
of the said deeds and mortgages) in the office of the clerk of 
the County of Greene, reference thereto being had will more 
fully appear. 

^n'a totjercas Silas M. Stilwell, of the city of New-York, 
is the owner in fee of all those certain other pieces and parcels 
of land, situate in the said town of Catskill, and bounded 
and described in the before mentioned deed of trust to the 
said John R. Peters, Henry Ogden and Theophilus S. 
Morgan, bearing even date with these articles. And the 
said Silas M. Stilwell, in order to secure a portion of the 
consideration money of the said pieces or parcels of land to 
the several persons from whom he purchased the said several 
tracts of land, had heretofore executed his several bonds con- 
ditioned for the payment^of various sums, and bearing date at 
various times, and payable by instalments, as follows, to wit . 
The said bond and mortgages executed by the said George 
S. Doughty, and the same bonds and mortgages executed by 
the said Silas M. Stilwell, amounting altogether to the sum 
of Forty-Four Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars, exclusive 
of interest. 

^ntr fcDljereas for the purpose of paying off the said mort- 
g^es on the said premises, and parts thereof, and for the more 
convenient management, improvement, sale and disposition 
of the sard lands, the several persons whose names are here- 



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unto subscribed, that is to say, Rufus Davenport, Peter R. 
Wyckoff, George S. Doughty, James L. Curtis, Silas M. 
Stilwell. Evan Griffith, and L. B. Woodruff, have formed 
themselves into an Association, called the €:atStl{ll^SSOcfs- 
tlOtl)" and to accomplish the purposes of said Association, the 
said George S. Doughty and wife, and Silas M. Stilwell, have 
executed to John R. Peters, Henry Ogden, and Theophilus 
S. Morgan, by indenture, bearing even date herewith, a con- 
veyance of the said lands and premises and every part thereof, 
in trust, for the purpose of managing, improving, and dis- 
pofiing of the said premises to pay off the said incumbrances, 
and with a further power in trust to sell the residue of said 
lands and premises, and account for the proceeds thereof to the 
persons composing the said Catskill Association, their heirs, 
executors, administrators and assigns, or to whomsoever they 
shall authorize and appoint to receive the said proceeds, and 
in such shares and proportions as they shall authorize, appoint 
and direct, as by refer ence to the said trust indenture. For 
more particular description of the said trust, and the said 
trust power>its provisions, purpose, object and execution, wiU 
more fully and at large appear, 

StntI b3]^erea$ the said persons above named, forming the 
Catskill Association, and so subscribing this agreement, have 
divided the amount of their interest in the nett proceeds of 
said lands and premises to accrue from the sale thereof under 
the trust power aforesaid, after paying off and satisfying the 
said mortgages and all the expenses of the said trust and 
sales, into ^TJjrce Sfjousanti Seben "^untiWii mti EUict^ 
S^ffSXZS, each of the said shares to be of the same equaj 
amount with each other, and each respectively equivalent to 
the same equal proportion of said proceeds with each other 
share> so that the owner of each share and every share, his 
executorsj administrators, and assigns respectively, shall be 



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entitled to receive on such share from the nett proceeds of 
such sales as aforesaid such proportion, and part thereof as 
said share bears to the whole number of shares aforesaid, 
into which the nett proceeds to accrue as aforesaid have been 
so divided. 

^ntl iSi^'CZUU for the more convenient management of the 
interest of all parties now interested, or who may under this 
agreement hereafter become interested or entitled to any 
part of the said proceeds, when they accrue as owner or 
owners of any such shares, it has been deemed important to 
settle and determine by articles of agreement for that purpose 
among all and every person or persons who shall subscribe 
these presents, or who now is, or hereafter may become so 
interested, the terms and conditions on which all or any per- 
son or persons whatever may or shall become interested in 
any of the said shares so held by the Association hereby crea- 
ted for the purpose aforesaid in this agreement herein before 
expressed, and to provide for the terms, mode and conditions 
relating to the transfer of such shares or any interest therein; 
and for settling, fixing, and determining the respective and 
mutual rights, duties and obligations with and among each 
other of all persons who may subscribe these articles orbe- 
ome interested in said shares as members of said Association. 

Noto tf)etetotc ti)t» ^sreement toitnessetf), that as well 

the persons heretofore named, as all and every other person 
and persons whose names are hereunto subscribed, have and 
do by these presents, for and on behalf of themselves respec- 
tively and their respective heirs, executors, administrators or 
assigns, respectively covenant and agree to and with each 
other respectively, and with every and all others whose names 
are or shall be hereto subscribed, and with their respective 
heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, and for the carry- 
ing into effect the object aforesaid, they and each and every 



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of them and their respective heirs, executors, administrators 
and assigns, shall and will well and truly perform, abide by, 
fulfil and keep in all things the several articles, agreements 
matters, and things to be done, performed, fulfilled and kept 
and specified in the articles hereto annexed,and every of them; 
^nU it is hereby declared and agreed, that in the manage- 
ment of the interest of the Association, the following articles 
of association are hereby made, had and entered into and 
agreed upon by and among them respectively with each 
other, as binding and conclusive and obligatory on them and 
each of them and their respective heirs, administrators, 
executors and assigns, in all things to be kept, performed and 
fulfilled, according to their true intent and meaning in all 
things as therein contained or expressed, and that the rights 
and interests of them, and every and each of them, and their 
respective heirs, administrators or assigns in the premises, 
shall be at all times subject to, bound by, and subordinate in 
all respects whatever, to all and singular such articles of 
association and agreement, which said articles of association 
and agreement, are as follows, namely ; — 

ARTICLE I. 

The name and style of this Association shall be'*T^ 
Catskill Association ;" and all persons who shall subscribe 
these presents, and hold one or more shares of the stock of 
this Association} shall be members thereof. 

ARTICLE II. 

The Capital Stock of this Association consists of 
Three Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty shares^ 
each of which share represents, and is entitled to 



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(subject to all the terms and conditions in these articles 
contained) the one three thousand seven hundred and 
thirtieth part of the nett proceeds of the lands and pre- 
mises aforesaid, which may result from the execution of 
the trust power aforesaid, each and every of said shares, 
and all right, title and beneficial interest, and demand 
whatever in law or inequity of every shareholder in this 
Association ; and their respective heirs, executors, ad- 
ministrators and assigns in the said proceeds, and in the 
capital of this Association, and all right and title, bene- 
ficial interest, and demand whatsoever, at law or in- 
equity, which any pei'son or persons may be entitled to 
or acquire in any wise howsoever in the same, by be- 
coming the holder, owner or assignee of any such share 
or shares, of in respect of the lands aforesaid, or any be- 
neficial estate, right, title or interest therein, inequity or 
otherwise, is hereby declared and agreed Lo be irrecova- 
bly subject to and bound by the trust power aforesaid so 
jrranted and created, and which power every person 
subscribing these presents, doth for himself, his execu- 
tors, administrators and assigns, hereby grant, confirm- 
approve and ratify, and no transfer of any such share 
or shares shall be made to any person or persons what- 
soever, except on condition that the said share or shares 
shall be and remain as aforesaid so subject to the said 
trust powers. 

ARTICLE III. 

The capital, property, affairs and concerns of this 
Association, shall be managed by eight directors, to be 
annually chosen by the shareholders for the time being, 



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from among the said shareholders ; and each of whom 
shall hold in his own name and right at least ten shares 
of the capital stock of this Association ; and whenever 
any director shall cease to hold ten shares of the capital 
stock, his place shall be deemed vacant, and all the 
powers as a director shall cease. 

ARTICLE IV. 

Rufus Davenport, Henry F. Tallmadge, George S. 
Doughty, James h. Curtis, Peter R. Wyckoff, Silas M. 
Stilwell, Evan Grifiith, and L. B. Woodruff, shall be the 
first directors, and each of them continuing in life, shall 
remain in office until the first Tuesday in April, one 
thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, and until other 
directors are elected, and except, unless he shall resign 
or be removed by the members of the association in the 
manner herein after provided, or by competent judicial 
authority. 

ARTICLE V. 

Any Director may resign and discharge himself of his 
trust by an instrument in writing addressed to. his co- 
directors, but shall remain subject to all. legal liabilitieSf 
for his conduct while a Director of this Association. 

ARTICLE VI, 

Whenever any vacancy shall happen among the Direc- 
tors, such vacancy shall be filled up by such person as the 
remainder of the Directors for the time being shall, by in- 
strument in writing under their hands and seals, appoint 
from among the Members of this AssoQiation having the 
competent numbers of shares^ 



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ARTICLE VII. 

The Directors shall keep an Office in the City of New- 
York, for the transaction of the business of this Association, 
at which Office books shall be kept, containing full and 
regular accounts of the receipts and expenditures of the 
Association, and all its transactions, interests, and concerns, 
which book shall at all times be open to the inspection of any 
Member of the Association. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

The Directors shall also keep a book at the said Office, in 
which shall be registered the names of all Members of this 
Association, and they shall deliver each Member, as soon as 
practicable after the execution of these Articles of Associa- 
tion and Agreement, a Certificate signed by the President 
and Secretary, of the number of shares held by him, in the 
following form : 



This certifies, that is proprietor of 

shares (each share being one three thousand 
seven hundred and thirtieth part) of the capital and bene- 
fcial interest of the Catskill Association, created and ac- 
quired in pursuance of the Agreement and Articles of 
Association entered into for the foundation of said Asso- 
ciation by the Members thereof, and dated the 28th day of 
December, one thmsand eight hundred and thirty six. 

The said Shares are subject to all the conditions, core- 
nants and charges contained in said Agreement and Ar- 
ticles, or authorized thereby, as will mere fully appear by 
reference thereto) and the said Shares arc also transferable 



3a 

by assignment in the manner provided in the said Articles 
of Association, subject to all the rights, duties and obliga^ 
tions therein contained y agreed uporiy and expressed. 
Dated, d^c. 

ARTICLE IXV 

The capital of this Association, including a^l sums of 
money that may in any way come into the hands of the 
Directors, and the beneficial interest represented by said' 
shares of the several shareholders} and also the beneficial 
interests, profitsj and advantages, accruing under or from! 
these Articles of Association, shall be and are hereby de- 
clared to be personal property, and on the death of any 
shareholder, his share and interest shall for all the purposes 
of this Agreement be represented by his personal represent- 
atives, and not by his heirs at law, and sHch heirs at law 
sliall at no time claim any estate, title or interest, legal or 
equitable therein. 

ARTICLE X. 

Shares in the capital of this Association may be transfer- 
red by the holder thereof, or his personal representatives, by 
assignment endorsed on the certificate of such shares, and 
shall in person, or by attorney, duly affix his name and seal 
to these Articles of Agreement and Association, and become 
a party thereto, before such transfer shall be valid, or any 
right title thereto, or interest therein shall pass to such 
assignee. The form of such assignment shbll be as follows : 

" For and in consideration of dollar*, I herety 

assign and transfer to and to his exec%ttors 



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administrators, and assigns^ all my rights title and tntC' 
rest in and to shares of the capital stock and beneficial 

interest of the Catskill AssociatioUf subject to all the condi- 
tions, provisions, covenants, rights, duties, obligations and 
cJiarges contained in the Indenture and Articles constitu- 
ting the said Association, or authorized thereby. Dated 

After the Assignee shall have subscribed these Articles^ 
by himself or attorney as aforesaid, the transfer shall be 
registered in the book kept by the Directors, and on the 
registry of such transfer, the former certificate shall be deli- 
vered up, and a new one shall be issued in similar form, 
except that every new certificate shall designate the name of 
the original proprietor of the share or shares transferred, and 
from the time that such transfer shall have been duly made 
and regisrered, the shareholder making the same be released 
from all liabilities as a member of this Association, in respect 
to the shares so transferred. And no shareholder of this 
Association shall be in anywise discharged from his daties 
or obligations under this agreement as one of the members of 
this Association, under the colour of having assigned his 
shares or interest therein, unless such assignment shall be 
made in conformity to this Article. 

ARTICLE XI. 

P* The Directors of this Association shall, by ballot, elect 
one of their own numberPresident.and shall also from time to 
time,as may be necessary, by ballot elect a secretary and trea- 
surer, who shall hold their respective offices during the plea 
sore of the said Directors, and no longer. And the Directors 
shall also have power, from time to time, as they shall deem 
expedient, to employ such oflScers, agents and servants, for 



of carrrying on the business of this Association, on such 
terras, and for such compensation as they shall think pro- 
per. They shall also have power to make such Bye-Laws, 
Rules and Regulations for their own government, and for 
the management of the affairs of the Association^ and for the 
application of the funds in their hands to the improvement 
and disposition of the said lands and premises as they shalli 
hink expedient, provided the same be not repugnant to any 
of the provisions of this Agreements 

ARTICLE XII. 

The Directors bhall have power, and it shall be their d'aty , 
1st. To receive and take charge of all monies which shall' 
have been, or which shall be paid on account of the capital 
stock of this A ssociation, or which shall accrue to this Asso- 
ciation in any other way, or to which it may in any other 
way be entitled. 2d. To pay from time to time out of the 
funds of the Association, the compensation of the persons 
employed by them, and all other necessary expence. 3d. To 
make provision from time to time, as they may think fit, for 
the improvement of the premises described in the Trust and 
Deed heretofore referred to. 4th. To make dividends from 
time to time, to and among the several shareholders, of such 
profits as may accrue to the Association, over and above the 
full amount of its capital, and all debts and liabilities ; and 
5th. Tornake all contracts and aU lawful acts that may be 
necessary or proper to carry into effect the objects of this 
Association. 

ARTICLE XIII. 

In case any lots shall remain on hand at the termination 
of the said trust estate, it shall be the duty of the Trustees 



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named in the aforesaid trust deed, forthwith to expose the 
whole of the lots remaining unsold, for sale either at public 
auction, without reserve, to the highest bidder, or at private 
sale, and the said Trustees shall then under and by virtue of 
the trust power to them granted, convey such lots accord- 
ingly. 

In all cases of sales and conveyances under this article, 
the terms of the sale, and the mode of securing such parts of 
the consideration money as shall not be paid in ready money, 
and all other matters in respect to the said sales and convey- 
ances, shall be in pursuance of and conformable to the direc- 
tions of the said trust deed. 

ARTICLE XIV. 

The concerns of this Association shall be closed within 
six years from the date hereof, and the Directors for the time 
being shall take such measures as may be necessary to effect 
this object, and before or at the expiration of said period, shall 
cause all the money, property, and capital of the Association, 
to be rateably divided among the several shareholders, accord- 
ing to their respective rights therein. 

ARTICLE XV, 

General meetings of the shareholders shall be held in the 
month of April in each year. The first Meeting to be held 
at the Office of the Company, in the City of New-i^ork, on 
the first Tuesday in April, one thousand eight hundred and 
thirty-eight, and the next meeting at such place in the City 
of New- York, as shall then be designated. At such meeting 
the Directors shall produce their books and proceedings, and 
make full report thereof. It shall be in the power of the 
shareholders at such annual meetings, to give directions and 
to take orders concerning the property and capital of the As- 
sociation, and the management and disposition thereof, as 



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they may think proper, provided such their directions and 
orders be consistent with this Agreement, and the said Trust 
Deed, and be assented to by a majority, in interest of all the 
shareholders. 

ARTICLE XVI. 

Two-thirds in interest of the shareholders shall have power 
at the annual msetings, and at any special meeting which may 
be called, as provided in the next Article, to remove any 
Director for any cause which they may deem sufficient. They 
shall also have power at any such meeting, to appoint a new 
Trustee in the room of the Trustee who shall have died or 
resigned. Any Trustee who shall resign, shall within ten 
days after motion thereof, execute such instrument, in wri- 
ting and under seal, as may be necessary to carry this provi- 
sion into complete effect. 

ARTICLE XVII. 

Special meetings of the shareholders may be called by the 
directors, or by any five of the shareholders, at such times and 
places as such directors or shareholders shall think fit. Pro- 
vide J at least twenty days' notice of such meeting be given in 
a daily newspaper published in the City of New- York, and at 
such special meetings the shareholders shall have the same 
power in the transaction of business as at an annual meeting. 

ARTICLE XVIII. 

The person, subscribing these Articlesof Association and 
Agreement, do hereby grant and convey to the Directors and 
Trustees above named, and to all future Directors and Trus- 
tees of this Association full power and authority to do all 
the matters and things herein before expressed and provided 
for, and each person subscribing this Indenture as an original 



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member of the Association, or as the assignee of any share 
therein, does hereby express his consent to all the prorisions 
herein before contained, and also to all the provisions contained 
in the aforesaid trust deed, and does also for himself, his heirs, 
executors, and administrators,covenant, promise) and agree tc, 
with every other person who shall subscribe this Indenture, 
and to and with the executors, administrators and assigns of 
every such person, that he, the said covenantors his heirs, 
executors, administrators and assigns, will well and truly per- 
form, fulfil, and keep, so far as in them lies, all and singular the 
provisions herein before, and in the said trust deed contained ; 
and that he and they will do all and every act and thing that 
may be necessary and lawfully done> to give full efTect to the 
object and interest of this Association, and the aforesaid 
trust deed. 

In witness whereof, the original parties to these presents 
have hereunto interchangeably set their hands and seals this 
twenty-eighth day of December, One thousand eight hun- 
dred and thirty-six J and the other parties to these presents 
becoming members of this Association by the transferor 
shares therein, have severally set their hands and seals 
thereto, at the times affixed to their respective names, 

Geo. S. Doughty (LS.) 

Rufus Davenport (^^') 

Peter R. Wyckoff (LS.) 

Silas 31, Stilwell (LS.) 

Evan Griffith (LS.) 

L. B. Woodruff. (LS.) 

James L, Curtis (LS.) 

Sealed and delivered in the presence of i 
ROBERT GILES. 



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Stnte of Mt\SS^'^OtiK,},g^ On the ninth day o/ 
CUy and County of New-York, f ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^_ 

fore me personally appeared Geo. S. Doughty, and on the 
twelfth day of the same month, before me personally 
appeared R. Davenport, P. R. Wyckoff, Silas M. Stilwell, 
J. L. Curtis, E. Griffith, and L. B. Woodruff, known to me 
to be the individuals described in, and who executed the 
within instrument, and severally acknowledged that they 
executed the same, for the uses and purposes therein men- 
tioned. ROBERT GILES, 

Commissioner of Deeds, City and County of 
JVeW'York. 



iiiPiFiiss'iDnso 



FROM THE CATSKILL RECORDER, 

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1837. 



Meeting of Citizens, 

The Internal Improvement Meeting, held at the Court 
House on the -evening of the 10th inst., was the largest 
assemblage of citizens ever convened in this village, within 
our recollection. The meeting was eloquently addressed, 
and much enthusiasm prevailed on the topic which had 
brought them together. A more gratifying spectacle than 
the one presented on the occasion, we have never seen. It 
was that of citizens who have suffered by legislative acts, 
assembled to obtain in some measure, if possible, a redress of 
their grievances ; and the stern spirit of determination to 
persevere, which characterized their proceedings, was such, 
as to warrant us in the belief, that they are at last sufficiently 
awake to their interests. The call, merely, was signed by 
over two hundred individuals. If the Legislature should 
fail to act favorably, and we must say justly, to the wants 
and benefit of this section of the country, which Las hereto- 
fore been so palpably neglected, it certainly will not be 
through the neghgence of the inhabitants of this and some 
other parts of the State, to remind them of it. There has 
been more petitions presented to the Legislature on Ihs 

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subject, than on that of any other thus far, during the pre- 
sent session. It is not this part of the State alone which will be 
benefitted, but the State at large — the entire V/est— as well 
as the city of New- York, «&c. We trust that immediate 
and active measures will be taken to give this subject a 
careful and candid investigation. 



FROM THE CATSKILL MESSENGER, 

Thursday, February 16, 1837. 

Thb Meeting held at the Court House last Friday night, 
the proceedings of which will be found below, was one of the 
most numerous ever convened in this village, and evinces not 
only a willingness, but a determination, on the part of all, to 
co-operate zealously and efficiently in maturing and bringing 
to a successful issue, the Internal Improvements immediately 
affecting the interests of this section of the State. We 
rejoice that it is so, and trust its effects will be visible in 
more ways than one. That it will give an impetus to all 
kinds of business, and all branches of trade, and render our 
place in due time, what its local advantages clearly indicate 
it might be, equal at least, to any on the Hudson river. 
Such, indeed, it would already have been? had our citizens 
evinced a moiety of the perseverance and enterprise which 
has distinguishsd those of Troy, Albany, ahd Poughkeepsie. 
Better, however, late than never, and if like Rip Van Win- 
kle, we have been dozing away half a century, while our 
neighbours have been awake and up and doing — let us now 
astonish ourselves by the fact, as well as manifest to the 
world, that we have aroused from our lethargy, and deter- 



mined to render available the local advantages which the 
God of Nature has so hountifuUy placed within our reach 
It can hardly be necessary for us to say more on this subject, 
as the preamble and resolutions cover the whole ground, and 
to them, we solicit the attention of the reader. 



A numerous and respectable meeting of the inhabitants of 
the village of Catskill, and vicinity, was held at the Court 
House in said villaae, on the 10th of February, 1837— pur- 
suant to the following notice : 

" Notice is hereby given, that a meeting will be held at the 
Court House, in the village of Catskill. on Friday 10th Fe- 
bruary inst.> at seven o'clock in the evening, for the purpose 
of taking into consideration the various interests immediately 
affecting this town, and the general prosperity of the country. 
And more particularly, to present to the Legislature, such a 
statement of facts relative to our peculiar location for the 
termination of the great internal improvements of this and 
the Western States, as may lead to a more full examination 
of all the routes to the West." 

On motion of F. Sayre, Esq., the Meeting was tempora- 
rily organized by calling J. Haight, Esq., to the chair, when 
a committee appointed for that purpose, reported the follow- 
ing named persons as officers of the meeting : 
Thomas B. Cooke, President, 
Orrin Day, \ 

Jacob Haight, f tt- t> • » ^ 
John Adams, ( Vice Presidents. 

Peter Shaurman, ^ 
Ira Dubois, ) „ . • 

Caleb Croswell. / ^'^^'*^ries. 



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On motion of R. Dorlon, a committee was appointed for 
the purpose of preparing resolutitJM expressive of the view* 
and sentiments of those present, upon the objects embraced 
in the notice under which the meeting was convened ; wliich 
committee, after a brief absence, reported the subjoined 
preamble and resolutions, which were unanimously adopted : 

The State of New- York in the year 1817, adopted a sys- 
tem of internal improvements intended for the benefit of an 
extended territory. 

Since that period the state has expended large sums- of 
money, obtained on the credit of the people of this State, in 
opening new channels for trade ; until nearly every section 
remote from the Hudson has received the benefits of its 
enlarged and liberal policy. 

Every part of the State, however, has not been equally 
benefitted by the spirit of inproveinsnt that has manifested 
itself in the counsels of the country. 

The course adopted by the public authorities at an early 
period, gave a direction to internal improvements, not 
intended by the laws of nature, in fonuing the adjoining 
country ; and greatly to the injury of some highly favoured 
villages, diverted the trade to a northern and more distant 
market. 

While many sections have been greatly enriched by the 
bounty of government, and large sums have been expended 
to overcome insurmountable obstacles, and. force trade into 
unnatural channels, Catskill, with all its advantages of 
location, has been overlooked and neglected, and its trade 
materially interrupted and cut off. 

We, the citizens of the County of Greene, believing that 
the Legislators of the State are not aware of the peculiar 
advantages of this location, or the impolicy that has induced 
the termination of the great works of internal improvement^ 



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at points distant from the head of ship navigation, take this 
opportunity, to lay before them a few facts, that the injustice 
we have suffered, and the importance of opening communi- 
cations to this town, with all the leading channels of 
commerce in the interior of the State, may be fully appre- 
ciated. 

The town of Catskill is a few miles below the head of 
ship navigation on the Hudson, and is 115 miles from the 
city of New- York. The channel of the river at this place 
will admit ships of the largest class, and the harbour is safe 
and convenient. 

It is possessed of many and rare advantages which are not 
to be found immediately on the seaboard, for building and 
repairing vessels of every size and description. 

The Catskill creek, at this place, is a large and deep 
branch of the river, extending about one mile from the 
channel of the Hudson, and of sufficient width to admit of 
forming any number of Dry Docks for ships and other 
vessels. 

Hydraulic power, in the immediate vicinity, can be 
applied to lift ships of any burthen, while the neighbouring 
hills furnish an inexhaustible supply of ship timber that can 
be obtained at a small expense. 

The town, therefore, enjoys all the advantages of a sea- 
port, while it possesses the benefits of an inland location. 
But its great importance consists in its central position. It 
is snearly equi-distant between the two great channels for 
trade, that pass through the interior of this state, and presents 
a termination for both, at ship navigation, in less distance, 
and with a great saving in time and expense. 

This information will surprise some and alarm others •, we 
will now present some facts to prove our position. 

Canajoharie on the Mohawk, by the way of the Canal and 

Albany, is 105 miles from this place, while the direct staffc 

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route is only 65 miles. A canal therefore which should tei' 
minate at this town, would not only shorten the distance 
near forty miles, but would reach a point navigable for ships 
of the largest class, and entirely avoid the delays and dan- 
gers of the Overslaugh. 

This is a consummation prayed for by the Western world 
and has and will be sought after in vain through any other 
route. 

Some years since, a charter was granted by the Legisla- 
ture for the construction of a rail- road from Catskill to 
Canajoharie, where it will unite with the Utica and Sche- 
nectady rail-road. The work through the whole line is now 
under contract, and in progress, for a single track, with turn 
outs. This road) when completed, will convince the incre- 
dulous of the practicability and importance of this short 
cheap, and easy communication with ship navigation. 

The above statement will show, that this point afibrds the 
very best and convenient termination for all the trade con- 
nected with the various canals and rail-roads uniting with 
the main channel above Canajoharie. 

Let us now direct our attention to the south-western 
boundary. By an examination of the map, and the report of 
the engineers, it will be found that the best and most important 
part of the Erie rail-road route, lies west of the town of 
Bettsburgh, on the Susquehannah river, and that the most 
formidable obstructions are on the eastern section. A char- 
ter has been granted for the construction of a rail-road from 
the Erie road to intersect the Canajoharie and Catskill rail- 
road near Schoharie. Intelligent and practical engineers 
have stated that a rail- road can be made on this route, leading 
up the Susquehannah, at an average cost of seven thousand 
dollars per mile, and on a grade of not more than twenty 
feet. By this route, the distance of 80 miles connects the 
Erie road with the Canajoharie and Catskill, 



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The distance to the termination of the Erie road on the 
Hudson river, from Bettsburgh, is SCO miles, while to this 
place, from the same point, is only 130 miles. The great 
and most important advantage known in this route is, that 
from the best information we can obtain, the same power 
will bring thirty per cent more tonnage to this place, on our 
roads, than can be taken on the other, and with a great 
saving of time and expense. 

There are other important routes that point to this town 
as the great centre of inland trade ; but we content ourselves 
with laying these two great leading branches before the 
public. 

Can any one doubt, that by thus connecting these great 
Western channels of communication, a great public benefit 
will be conferred ? And will not the State continue to dis- 
pense its bounty where the public good is to be essentially 
promoted 1 

By constructing the great works we have referred to, we 
shall lessen the distance to ship r.avigation on each of the 
two great avenues of trade, more than fifty miles. 

These works, then, should command the immediate and 
careful attention of the public authorities, until it shall be 
consummated. 

Being duly impressed with the great importance of th# 
several projected improvements above referred to, and 
knowing that we cannot reasonably expect to obtain our 
object, without devoting much time and attention to the 
subject, therefore, — 

Resolved, That this meeting docs hereby resolve itself 
into 'an association for ihe purj'O^e of accomplishing the 
great and important object above enumerated. 

Resolved, That be a 

committee for the purpose of preparing suitable memorials td 



the Legislature, praying to have such laws passed as will 
most effectually promote the trade and commerce of this 
place ; and also that tliis committee prepare an address to 
the public, for the purpose of making known the importance 
of this location, and with the view to induce capitalists to 
make investsments in the several projected improvements 
leading to this town. This committee shall have power to 
add to their number, and to call public meetings from time 
to time, on the subjects referred to in these resolutions. 

Resolved, That the said committee be instructed to pre- 
sent a petition to the Legislature, in the name, and on the 
behalf of this nieetingj praying that an act may be passed 
authorising a thorough examination and survey to be made 
of the region of country lying between the waters of the 
Catskill and Schoharie creeks, for the purpose of selecting 
the most eligible route for a canal to connect the Erie canal 
with the Catskill creek, and also to petition for an appropri- 
ation for a survey cf a rail-road route, from the Erie rail-road 
at or near Bettsburgh,up the Susquehannah valley to connect 
with the Canajoharie and Catskill rail-road. 

Resolved, Thai this meeting will cordially co-operate with 
the President and Directors of the Canajoharie and Catskill 
rail-road Company, whenever in their judgment it may be 
advisable, for the purpose Of obtaining such aid from the 
State, as will enable them to construct an additional track 
through the whole line. And the committee appointed 
under the second resolution, are hereby charged with this 
resolution also. 

Resolved, That we hereby pledge ourselves, each to the 
other, and to the public, that we will not cease our exertions 
until Catskill shall possess that trade and commerce, and 
those other great and important advantages which have been 
forcibly wrested from us, and by possessing which, our town 
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On motion, the President named Amos Cornwall, Jacob 
R. Greene, and Henry M'Kinstry, a committee to report to 
the meeting the names of fifty persons, to fill the blank in the 
second resolution which committee reported the names 
below : 

Thos, B. Cooke^ 
Orrin Day^ 
John AdamSf 
Ezra Hawlei/^ 
Jacob Haightj 
Peter Breasted, 
Hiram Comfort, 
Isaac Van Loan, 
P. T. Mesick, 
Amos Cornwall, 
John M. Donnelli/f 
Francis Sayre^ 
M. Watson^ 
Caleb Day, 
S. L. Penfield, 
Luke Kierstead, 
F. N, Wilson, 
Horace Willard, 
J. R. Greene, 
Joshua Atwater, 
John A. Thomson, 
Caleb Hopkins, 
JRobt, Dorlon, 
Frederick Hill^ 



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T, Buckley^ 
S, Sherwood Dayi 
Abel Brace ^ 
J. Wilcox, 
John jR. Sylvester i 
Leonard Kinsley, 
Edmund Hatfield, 
John Van VlecJc, 
Robinson Hazard^ 
Edgar B. Day, 
J. TV. Baldwin, 
Geo. G, Hardenherghi 
Wilkes Hyde, 
Henry McKinstry, 
Francis I. Marvin^ 
Ira Dubois, 
Nathan Farrell^ 
Peter Shaurman, 
J, Van Valkenburgh^ 
Geo, Marvin, 
Caleb Croswell, 
John Abeel, 
T. 0. Atwater, 
Jonathan Howe, 
Bttphen Basworth, 
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On motion, Resolved, That the proceedings of this meet- 
ing be signed by the officers thereof, and that all the papers 
friendly to internal improvements, be requested to publish 
the same. 

Thomas B. Cooke, President, 
Orrin Day, 

Jacob Haight, ^ Vice Presidents. 
John Adams, 
Peter Shaurman, 



Ira Dubois, ) Secretaries 
Caleb Croswell, j ^^^'^^^«^*'^^- 



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